Want to work with word docs in Indesign? Perhaps you get content from clients/colleagues in word format and you need to lay it out with tools that are up to the job, well watch and learn.

TIP: If you have a client/colleague who is working on the word doc, get them to save it to a network/cloud drive (e.g. dropbox) and link the same file within inDesign, that way your client can update the word doc and all you need to do is open the InDesign doc (or update the link) and the changes will happen auto-magically!

I recently recorded this for a e-learning symposium. It’s a basic overview of how I use screen casting (and audio recordings) to augment my classes. It includes software (Screenflow, Camtasia and Jing), hardware and basic workflow. Enjoy.

I was just checking out the new term over at fxphd and noticed a little something some of you may be interested in; a new unannounced plant modelling software from e-on (makers of Vue) called “The Plant Factory”. From the screen shot it appears to be a standalone tree/plant modeller that can create plants …

For all those that didn’t get to see this on the big screen… I was heavily involved in the making of this including VFX advice, shooting the green screen footage at my studio and grading the final film (see my previous post). I also did some additional camera work on …